Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Quote by Bernard Malamud

Topics: Writing Quotes

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.

The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.

The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.

A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.

A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.

We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after...

We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after...

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to...

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to...

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.

If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

I for one believe that not enough has been made of the tragedy of the...

I for one believe that not enough has been made of the tragedy of the...

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

Guys die down here on a regular basis-that's the reality. They die here for a...

Guys die down here on a regular basis-that's the reality. They die here for a...

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight,...

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight,...

When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird....

When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird....

Do you mortify? Do you make it your daily work? Be always at it whilst...

Do you mortify? Do you make it your daily work? Be always at it whilst...

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror;...

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror;...

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...